Fog Differences Across Places and History
The piece contrasts fog effects in London and sea fogs, noting how London fog penetrates rooms and even electric lamps while other places remain unaffected. It traces fog terminology to the 16th century, mentions earlier awareness in the 14th century, and recalls Edward I’s 1306 coal restrictions to curb air pollution with later royal spending on wood and coal for Edward II’s coronation.
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London
Fannor
Commons
Edward I
Railroading Tales of Birds and Animals on the Line
A veteran engineer recalls encounters with wildlife along rail lines. He describes toads, raccoons, woodchucks, and a startled grouse on the track, plus a Lake Pontchartrain trestle night where ducks collided with the engine, yielding a memorable haul for two dinners.
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Bald
Queen and Crescent Road
Pontchartrain
Kindred Vices and a Plowfield Dispute in Belchertown
In Belchertown Massachusetts a Workman faced a rebuke for swearing while plowing a pew field. The farmer Mr Forward claimed no swearing occurred though the worker insisted he heard many oaths. The exchange escalated with repeated refusals and a quip about never seeing the like as the field turned.
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Justus Forward
Belchertown
Mass
Mr Forward
Fragmented moral reflections on usefulness in life
The text expresses satisfaction from helping others and living usefully, claiming such actions bring comfort, happiness, and social worth beyond status. It emphasizes that aiding fellow creatures improves character and provides real importance in society at any life stage.
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Duefulneras
Hera
Isthmus of Panama Question Sparks Grammatical Rivalry
A humorous exchange in the Ohio State Journal features Baleful Ignorance and a wagging tutor note about locating the isthmus of Panama. The comical challenge tests grammar and geography, ending with a stern bedtime order for a conjugation task.
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Panama
Ohio State Journal
Professor Lectures on Oxygen Essential to Life
A professor argues that oxygen is vital to all animal life and notes its discovery only a century ago. A student asks what life could be like before oxygen was known, prompting debate on prior assumptions.
Bee finds two pebbles in the milk bowl
The Cleveland Plain Dealer quotes a farmer and a bystander noting the water level in the brook is low while a bee comment about pebbles in a milk bowl is shared as a light roadside remark.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Reading and self belief in old newspaper quips
A compact collection of aphorisms from era papers. It cites the New York Times joke about a flirtatious man versus a poor tennis player, the Saturday Evening Post line on success needing action, and the Chicago News remark that faith is two thirds of the battle.
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New York Times
Saturday Evening Post
Chicago News
Peculiarities of Sound and Vocal Penetration Across Ranges
A nineteenth century note reviews how high and piercing notes vary in penetration, exploring whether a single note can be clearly heard in noisy environments. It cites experiments by Professor Smith and comparisons across species, suggesting that listening effectiveness depends on pitch and context, with child vocal tricks and trained intonation highlighted.
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Iaryl Smith
Smith
Turquoise myths as birthstone and protective gem
A fragmented account describes turquoise as a prized birthstone linked to prosperity in ancient Mexican and western traditions. It mythically signals the wearer’s moods, offers protection against illness and falls, and is tied to Turkish origins, with notions of healing power depending on the wearer’s faith.
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Twalso
Tame Fish in a River in Upper Baron Voyage
A traveler recalls a rare sight in Burma where tame fish herd along a village riverbank. A dozen large ngamwe fish, 18 inches to 3.5 feet, respond to calls and are fed by locals. They return yearly with the monsoon flood, and villagers enforce a 10 shilling penalty for harm.
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Upper Baron
Csino
Ngamwe
Upper
Burma
Cor
London Field
Local Licenses Listed for Rittman Wooster and Nearby Areas
Rittman residents Roha M. Ewing and Jennie L. Baker along with Wooster’s Jos G. Kester and Anna Mary Figert are named in license notices. Creston’s A L Coulter and Shreve’s Emma Robinson, Akron’s Noah F Steiner, and Sterling’s Alice M Eshleman also appear in the list of license holders.
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Roha. M. Ewing and
Jennie L. Baker
Rittman
Jos G. Kester and
Anna Mary Figert
Wooster
A. L. Coulter
Creston
Emma Robinson
Shreve
Noah F Steiner
Akron
Alice M Eshleman
Sterling
Miracles of Science in Reviving Drowned and Chloroform Deaths
A report details resuscitation by artificial respiration and heart compression, with European experiments on dogs showing 16 of 21 revived after death by chloroform. It describes forcing air into lungs and rhythmic heart squeezes to restart respiration, plus a case where respiration was reestablished for hours before eventual death. Dr. Elder, Wooster, Ohio.
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Europe
Davish
Welle
Dan
Taft Bros.’ Medicine CO
East 130Th St
Attacked by a Heron in Boyhood Hunting Incident
A Philadelphia sportsman recalls a near fatal encounter as a wounded blue heron struck him between the eyes with its bill while he, a youth, tried to capture the bird at a farm creek. He notes the risk of serious injury and reflects on the incident years later.
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Philadelphia
New York Times
Geologist Honore Bandre Plays Stones on Iron Frame
In a remote Indian town, M. Honore Bandre pursues a 30 year hobby of making music with stones. He suspends stones on a frame by strings and strikes them with a hand flint to produce notes. Some stones bear shapes like a prehistoric axe and a petrified fish.
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M. Honore Bandre
India
Rabbits in Pinay Habbita Playful Air Leaps
A Saturday Review note describes two rabbits at Pinay Habbita moving toward each other then leaping high in alternating clearances. They vault over one another without collision and immediately resume their chase, tails low as they dodge and race. The piece contemplates how such precise timing and mutual avoidance occurs in their aerial display.
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Pinay Habbita
Saturday Review
The Quick Craze Warns Against Get Rich Schemes
The New York Press notes a pushy self improvement trend as a young woman practices fourteen hours daily to cultivate her voice. It criticizes self help volumes and quick wealth schemes, warning readers away from law evasion and fraudulent schemes that prey on others.
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New York Press
Burglary Report From Local Butcher Shop
A new reporter drafts a burglary story for the paper noting Mr Jeremias Clesver, a well known butcher, is losing flesh rapidly as the incident unfolds. The editor urges vigilance for a humorous touch to enliven the column.
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le Toweh
Amor
Eas
Jeremias Clesver
Conversational French phrase sample with quirky echoes
A compact note presents odd English French garble and mock dialogue. The lines imitate a chat about language ability and a humorous nod to shrugging off a topic, ending with the name Toudon Answers as a tag or signer.
The Awakening Tragedy In a Fever Dream
The meanest man on earth is located after three weeks of wandering fever. He regains consciousness to see a nurse bent over him and demands payment. He finally asserts he is back in his right mind and declares, I give you notice for tonight.
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New York Commercial Advertiser
Origins of the U S Secret Service in Civil War era
The U S Secret Service began in the early 1860s under the War Department. Captain Lafayette Baker offered police scouting to Secretary Seward to gather Confederate intel, then the service grew amid greenbacks and the first “green Boards” men. Congress appropriated $10,000 in 1861 or 1862 to support Baker’s counterfeiting suppression. supervision then rested with the Treasury solicitor, per the New York Tribune.
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Orlyssa
Owr
Secret Service
United States Secret Service
War Department
Lafayette F Baker
Union Army
Seward
Uon
United States
Congress
Baker
the Treasury
New York Tribune
Artful Exchange in the Studio of Pain and Pleasure
In a Studio exchange a girl compliments the artist on his meticulous work and the pains he takes. He admits enjoying the effort and the ache of art, remarking that he pursues art for art's ache, a line echoed by the Chicago Tribune.
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Chicago Tribune
Compromise. Burroughs Say please lend me money
The Philadelphia Press reports a fragmented appeal where Burroughs asks an old man for twenty dollars until the month’s first, while Markley proposes a compromise to lend one dollar until the 20th, reflecting informal loan negotiations.
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Burroughs
Markley
Philadelphia
Long Tongues and the Greasometer in Apiculture
A French device called the greasometer aids beekeepers in selecting bees with longer tongues. It is a glass syrup vessel with a perforated lid and a floating scale to measure how high bees reach through the holes. Bees can dry nectar from about an inch depth, with selection potentially extending reach by a twenty fifth of an inch.
Oxygen in Cakes from Paris Inventor Jaubert
Oxygen pellets invented by G F Jaubert of Paris are made by washing 200 pounds of chloride of lime with 78 pounds of sodium dioxide, forming a yellowish white powder into hard cakes. The cakes, as solid as crockery, release a steady supply of oxygen gas when placed in water, similar to calcium carbide producing acetylene.
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G F Jaubert
Paris
Bricks From Ashes At European Gas Works
Bricks resembling pressed brick are being made from coke ashes at European gas works. The ashes are powdered and mixed with a tenth part slaked lime, formed into a stiff paste with water, and pressed into bricks. The bricks harden in air without artificial heat when exposed to rain protection.
New Russian Hearing Aid Aimed at Deaf
A light rubber shell device with a miniature microphone connected to a small galvanic battery is claimed to stimulate the auditory nerve and make even soft speech perceptible to the deaf when placed at the ear.
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Ofvion
Wayne Ceanty
Mai Bank
Fred’k W. Platt
SAAC
Jonnsor
Taylor Johnnsor & Taylor
Attorneys AT Law Ofice
Mies Bieek
Wooster Ice & Coal CO
Massillon and
Mr. ©&Mith
Mans
North Bever Bt
O. F Wella
Witte Ridge
Toudon
Enoveling Board
Filbert Street
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